Having hiked, caved, and skied I was ... not ready to sit in a packed airplane. A swim or at least a sauna would be so good! Initially, it looked like it would be possible in Norway's many swimming halls. But none of them turned out to be actually open, or open to public at all. Nor did the airport hotel let anyone except guests in their gym that would have had a sauna. Sigh.
I tried to visit the Fjellhamar arena, which according to Google and the net was open, but ... was actually closed, couldn't even get to the parking lot. Also looked at a few other establishments nearby, and all of them were either clearly closed, or maybe some private or training facilities... it was hard to decipher the code about them. It isn't clear that Fjellhamar would have allowed me to go in either, it is possible that it too was only rentable to training groups. Or even if they had a pool at all, there really was conflicting information. Anyone know?
Fortunately, I was able to shower at the lounge at the airport. There's a separate article about the lounge here. In the end my co-passengers did not smell me :-) even if the finer sauna and swim experiences could not be found.
For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! And of course the Planetcaver, and Planetskier blogs for other stories in Blogspot and TGR! The photos and text (c) 2025 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved.
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